taking the keys off a saitek keyboard

unwashed potato! · 2 Jan 2007 at 22:06

im eating apple crumble and have managed to spill a load of cream onto my keyboard, getting undernearth the keys. im trying to clean it but i cant get close enoug hwith anything to clean it properly.

im wondering if there are any tips for cleaning a keyboard, water will be needed, or a way that ican remove the keys safely for me to clean under the dirty ones.

this is my keyboard: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-015-SK

thanks guys

Defcon5 · 2 Jan 2007 at 22:10

you can pop them off with a spoon handle cant you?

Kol · 2 Jan 2007 at 22:11

With most of my keyboards (laptops + logitech/microsoft kb) I can just lever the keys off.

unwashed potato! · 2 Jan 2007 at 22:17

ok thansk guys, that worked perfectly. didnt want to go breaking them off that was all

abruzz1 · 2 Jan 2007 at 22:19

*Raises eyebrow*

Cream you say...

furnace · 2 Jan 2007 at 22:25

Handy hint just incase you keybaord is anything like mine... My keyboard I managed to snap the little plastic hook under the space bar:

So don't just yank the space bar up, theres a little metal bar on mine which goes underneath a plastic hook. If you yank the space bar right up, the little plasic hook comes with it

So just pop it up then carefully take it off.

Aod · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:08

furnace said:
Handy hint just incase you keybaord is anything like mine... My keyboard I managed to snap the little plastic hook under the space bar:

So don't just yank the space bar up, theres a little metal bar on mine which goes underneath a plastic hook. If you yank the space bar right up, the little plasic hook comes with it So just pop it up then carefully take it off.

that metal bar is so that the whole bar depresses evenly, irrespective of where it is pressed.

now, if i ever needed to pop the keys off my Logitech UltraX...

nemtizz · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:22

addy_010 said:
ok thansk guys, that worked perfectly. didnt want to go breaking them off that was all

So what did you do?

unwashed potato! · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:41

Adum said:
So what did you do?

i used my screwdriver to pop the keys up like suggested. luckily i didnt break the space key. still kind of smells creamy so may have to clean it with soap tomorrow.

again thanks

furnace · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:42

Aod said:
that metal bar is so that the whole bar depresses evenly, irrespective of where it is pressed.

Hehe yeah, since I broke the plastic hook on mine the bar doesn't sit properly and only the right-hand side of the space bar works

Wish I was more careful! I had done it so many times before I just got a bit cocky and snapped it off :rolleyes:

Aod · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:46

furnace said:
Hehe yeah, since I broke the plastic hook on mine the bar doesn't sit properly and only the right-hand side of the space bar works Wish I was more careful! I had done it so many times before I just got a bit cocky and snapped it off

find a disused keyboard and nick the spacebar off that?

nemtizz · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:47

addy_010 said:
i used my screwdriver to pop the keys up like suggested. luckily i didnt break the space key. still kind of smells creamy so may have to clean it with soap tomorrow.

again thanks

Might clean mine up tomorrow. :]

furnace · 3 Jan 2007 at 12:08

Aod said:
find a disused keyboard and nick the spacebar off that?

Nah it's the actual keyboard that the little plastic hook is on, not the spacebar

Still I'm not too bothered, I *should* be getting my new rig today/tomorrow/friday so there's not much point making a fuss about it

(was hoping to get it yesterday but ah well maybe today if im lucky).